Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don't fret, the moon is safe from a potential "city killer" asteroid collision in half-a-dozen years, astronomers now say.

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More space technology must be developed to prevent "city-killing asteroids" from hitting Earth, experts recommended at a recent science conference. While the risk is low, mid-size asteroids near Earth ...

New observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have eliminated any chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon in December 2032, removing a scenario that had raised concerns about ...

Nasa has confirmed a “city killer” asteroid, once thought to be on a potential collision course with the Earth, now has a zero chance of crashing into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032.

Two landers from a private US company will be part of an armada to asteroid Apophis when it flies past Earth in 2029. Apophis ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope provided a better understanding of the asteroid's orbit. The 300-foot-long asteroid was previously considered a threat to both Earth and the moon.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Was it thunder? A falling tree? Maybe an earthquake? Nobody was quite sure what to make of the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit the moon in 2032, is now expected to safely miss the lunar surface by about 13,000 miles, according to recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ...